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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 10, 2007 20:42:55 GMT
A few years back I recall seeing Bob Flowerdew planting some stem ginger in a pot. Well I bought some lovely firm ginger today in Tescos and I've shoved it in a pot with some seed compost & put it in the heated propagator...am I wasting my time? ;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2007 20:54:27 GMT
As a decorative plant - No! Especially if you can overwinter it into a 2nd year. As a food crop - Forget it unless there is a tropical micro climate in Leicester  Do it! |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 10, 2007 21:21:20 GMT
cheer CC...I will proceed.... ;D
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Post by andy on Feb 11, 2007 6:43:56 GMT
Not the easiest thing to grow CPB...they're about as tropical as you can get and require a bright but shaded place with very high humidity. But they are worth it and if conditions are favourable, you might be lucky enough to see a magnificent flower. The leaves are also aromatic too. There is a small Hedychium sp which will grow as a hardy tuber in the garden. Just found this lot www.junglegardens.co.uk/PlantOrders/enter.html?lang=en-uk&target=d5.html |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 11, 2007 7:34:22 GMT
I think for a little fun that I will try that.
Just a stupid question though, - which ginger plants produces the tubers that we eat?
Rosefriend
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Post by andy on Feb 11, 2007 8:31:23 GMT
Not too sure rosefriend....there will obviously be a plant species that is grown purely for its commercial values and i'm not sure what one it is.
IIRC, ginger comes under two generic names....Hedychium and Zinzibar. The family is Zinziberacea i think.
I used to grown them in the palm house at work but it was many years ago and the old grey matter ain't what it used to be !!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2007 9:24:20 GMT
From memory the ginger I planted was from DwaynesBerries and was labelled..... Zingiber officinale x GerriHalliwellii ....well probably |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2007 9:49:49 GMT
A few years back I recall seeing Bob Flowerdew planting some stem ginger in a pot. Well I bought some lovely firm ginger today in Tescos and I've shoved it in a pot with some seed compost & put it in the heated propagator...am I wasting my time? ;D I tried but failed  but I didn't use a heated propagator - I don't have one BTW. I was that the piece of stem planted should have a ........... umm not sure how to describe this, ......... a root bud on it - does that make sense?  |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 11, 2007 15:42:58 GMT
A few years back I recall seeing Bob Flowerdew planting some stem ginger in a pot. Well I bought some lovely firm ginger today in Tescos and I've shoved it in a pot with some seed compost & put it in the heated propagator...am I wasting my time? ;D I tried but failed but I didn't use a heated propagator - I don't have one BTW. I was that the piece of stem planted should have a ........... umm not sure how to describe this, ......... a root bud on it - does that make sense? I rummaged about in the box of ginger (it had just been put out when I got to it btw) until I found a nice fat firm piece with nodules (?) on it. I enjoy trying to grow stuff like this just for the fun of it..I had an avocado tree grown from a 'stone' that was 4 ft high when I got bored and composted it!. I think that I'm getting overexcited by my heated proagator just because I've wanted for a while...I only bought it after hours of agonising about the cost ;D where I'd store it when it wasn't in use etc... I haven't got a tropical house tho... ...maybe I need to move to somewhere warmer...haven't checked the lottery yet ;D You never know! |
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but I didn't use a heated propagator - I don't have one BTW. I was that the piece of stem planted should have a ........... umm not sure how to describe this, ......... a root bud on it - does that make sense? 